Haven s Blight by Haven's Blight

Author:Haven's Blight
Language: eng
Format: epub

Ryan already knew her answer. He’d intercepted her the moment she’d stepped into the house.

“Only that she’s not getting worse. Amélie says she remains hopeful. She knows a lot. Also, she has a remarkable facility, given that it was put together so many years after skydark.”

“Her father was a remarkable man,” Blackwood said. “A man of great determination as well as ability—traits his daughter carries on. He was persistent and resourceful enough to find the materials to build the laboratory. And my father supported him without reserve. I’ve tried to do as well by Lucien Mercier’s daughter.”

Elizabeth put her napkin on the table in front of her. “Brother, if you and our guests will excuse me, I believe I shall retire.”

St. Vincent materialized behind her to help pull out her chair and assist her to her feet. At a gesture from the majordomo, a female servant appeared at Elizabeth’s side. Elizabeth gratefully put an arm over her shoulder for support.

“Elizabeth—” Tobias said.

She waved a hand. “It’s nothing,” she said. “Just weak. I’ll be fine when I lie down.”

She made her way out with the help of her servant. The baron turned a look of pain and helplessness around the table.

Ryan knew how he felt.

RYAN’S EYE SNAPPED open to the amber gleam of an oil lamp turned low.

Krysty’s dead, son, a voice said in his head. Face it. She’s lost. You’re lost. She was the better half of your soul.

Now she’s gone forever.

He sat up so violently he almost made the cot fold up on him. He felt hotter than the air would account for. Wildly he looked at Krysty. She still lay on her back, covered by a sheet, her cheeks the color of ivory in the dim light.

Somewhat more cautiously he climbed off the cot. He licked a finger and held it under her nostrils. He felt the slight cool pressure of her breath. She was breathing shallowly, as she had since he had awakened here in Haven.

But at least she still breathed.

But this is how it ends, the voice said. She’ll never get better again. You’ve lost her. You’re lost, little boy.

You’re doomed to wander forever alone.

He shook his head. He wasn’t a fearless man. Any man who said he felt no fear was just a flat-out liar. A man who really didn’t feel fear had something wrong inside.

Ryan had felt fear many times, in many forms. He had always mastered the fear. He had always one way or another found what it took to do what had to be done. That was what made him the man he was.

But he’d never felt fear quite like this before. It curdled his guts and turned his joints to jelly. It was a burning pain like cancer in his brain. It seemed to offer no hope, no escape.

“Nuke it,” he snarled, keeping his voice low as if there was any danger he’d wake the sleeping woman. As if that wouldn’t feel like the best thing that ever happened to him. “I’m not going to give in.

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